HR Business Partner: Sponsorship Available

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Permanent | Part Time 35 Hours | Interview Date – Monday 7th September

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and proactive HR Business Partner to join our People and OD Directorate. Working closely with senior leaders across designated Care Groups and Directorates, you will provide strategic HR expertise and support to help deliver the Trust’s vision of outstanding patient care, being a brilliant place to work, and a leader in child health.

As a trusted advisor, you will support the development and delivery of workforce strategies that align with Trust objectives and the People Plan. You will play a key role in driving colleague wellbeing, engagement, inclusion, and organisational performance, ensuring our people agenda supports the delivery of high-quality services.

Working collaboratively with the Resourcing Team and wider People and OD Directorate, you will contribute to the development of workforce solutions that meet both current and future service needs.

Main duties of the job

Reporting into the Head of People Business Partnering, some of your responsibilities will include:

  • Lead HR Business Partner support for designated Care Groups and Directorates.
  • Provide strategic HR advice to leaders and managers, supporting the delivery of the Trust’s People Plan.
  • Develop workforce strategies to improve engagement, wellbeing, inclusion, recruitment, and retention.
  • Monitor and report on workforce performance indicators and people objectives.
  • Act as a key member of the Care Group leadership team, contributing to wider operational and strategic discussions.
  • Analyse workforce data and support managers to implement effective workforce solutions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Specialist HR knowledge and experience, at Masters level or equivalent level of experience
  • CIPD qualification and membership

Desirable

  • Chartered MCIPD or equivalent CIPD advanced diploma (Level 7) with commitment to upgrade within 12 weeks

Experience

Essential

  • Significant and varied experience in People and OD activity, working with managers to deliver high quality HR services with proven successful outputs
  • Experience of contributing to workforce planning, setting project vision, objectives, monitoring and reporting progress
  • Significant experience working in large/complex unionised organisations at senior level (NHS or equivalent)

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS
  • Experience of workforce analysis and benchmarking

Skills

Essential

  • Strategic planning and delivery, including development of strategic HR plans which impact across an organisation
  • Must be able to make an impact at all levels within the organisation to motivate and enthuse others of the need for change
  • Expert knowledge of key current issues in human resources, across local, regional and national networks and the ability to apply this knowledge to the Trust’s people strategy

Desirable

  • A skilled facilitator
  • Strong coaching skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 31 August 2026

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